Antes de 1945

"The Third Class at Miss Kaye’s: A School Story" by Angela Brazil is a classic children’s literature work that transports readers to the world of a British boarding school. In this …

E. Phillips Oppenheim’s "A Millionaire of Yesterday" was first released in 1900. The book follows the story of a young man’s struggle for fortune in colonial Africa and his quest for …

Marking 100 years since publication, The Adventuress was the first full-length novel to feature ‘scientific detective’ Craig Kennedy, who was dubbed ‘the American Sherlock Holmes’ and the first …

Ismailia (1874) can be considered an autobiography of Sir Samuel W. Baker as it describes the author’s expedition to Central Africa. An exceptional narrative of Sir Samuel W. Baker’s mission to stop …

A powerful love tale from 1913 written by E. Phillips Oppenheim about the struggle of a young Englishman. The narrative is based on Douglas Guest, an orphan who was raised in the North of England by …

Cappy Ricks Retires is a fictional novel written by Peter B. Kyne. It is an interesting story of Cappy, who quits but keeps being drawn back by the romance of the sea and business. He comes back …

”This is what literature is meant to be” Anthony Burgess ”O what we ben! And what we come to…” Wandering a desolate post-apocalyptic landscape, speaking a broken-down English lost after the end …

After the early death of her philandering husband, Etsuko moves into her father-in-law”s house, where she numbly submits to the old man”s advances. But soon she finds herself in love with the young …

<p>Thirteen classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries, complete and unabridged, in a newly packaged electronic edition – featuring full-page illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele (the premiere American …